He was leaving church at around 8 a.m. when he realized that pink object was a little girl standing in the street. He missed her by mere feet.

“I had to slam on the brakes,” he said. “I had to hop out of my car, left my door open, made sure the car was in park, and I ran over to grab her because I didn’t know if she was going to continue across the street.”

The toddler was scared and crying, so he and a friend from church gave her a toy to help her calm down as they waited for police to arrive.